# Moses Comstock

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**Moses Comstock** (1714 – January 18, 1789) was a member of the [Connecticut House of Representatives](/source/Connecticut_House_of_Representatives) from [Norwalk](/source/Norwalk,_Connecticut) in 1777.

He was the son of Moses Comstock and Abigail Brinsmade.

In 1777, Eli Reed, Asa Hoyt, John Gregory, Jr., Levi Taylor, Nathan Hubbell, and Moses Comstock were appointed a Committee to find the number of soldiers enlisted in the [Continental Army](/source/Continental_Army), in Norwalk, and report to the Norwalk town meeting.[2][3]

His father, also named Moses, was the owner of the last slave in Connecticut, [Onesimus Brown](/source/Onesimus_Brown).[4]

He died in [New Canaan](/source/New_Canaan,_Connecticut) on January 18, 1789.

## References

1. Connecticut. General Assembly (1881). [*Roll of State Officers and Members of General Assembly of Connecticut, from 1776 to 1881: With an Appendix Giving the Congressional Delegates, Judges of the Supreme and Superior Courts, and the Date of Incorporation of the Cities, Boroughs, and Towns*](https://archive.org/details/rollstateoffice00assegoog). Press of the Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company. Retrieved 2015-06-25.

1. ["Ancient Norwalk - Town Meeting notes"](http://haygenealogy.com/hay/sources/ancientNorwalk.html). haygenealogy.com. Retrieved 2015-06-25.

1. Hall, E. (1847). [*The Ancient Historical Records of Norwalk, Connecticut: With a Plan of the Ancient Settlement, and of the Town in 1847*](https://archive.org/details/ancienthistoric00hallgoog). J. Mallory & Company. p. [133](https://archive.org/details/ancienthistoric00hallgoog/page/n141). Retrieved 2015-06-25.

1. ["The Hour - Google News Archive Search | Onesimus Brown"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ixYiAAAAIBAJ&pg=2921%2C4306607). Retrieved 2015-06-25.

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